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Riverside Football Team

Last night, our football team played at Ryton Federation in the County Cup tournament. Although we did not make it to the finals, they all played extremely well in all three games.  I was so impressed with their teamwork skills, resilience and support of each...

And They’re Off!

Our Year 6 pupils set off on their residential trip this afternoon, for a fun-packed weekend at Dukeshouse Wood. The whole school joined their parent/carers outside to wave the children off on the coach. We will try to post updates over the weekend on the website, if...

Sports Day 2024

First of all, the staff at Riverside would like to thank all of the family and friends that came to support the children from Reception up to Year 6 today. All of the children have had great fun competing against the house teams in their...

Anglo-Saxon Fun at Jarrow Hall

Year 3 and 4 had a wonderful time at Jarrow Hall today learning about life during the Anglo-Saxon times.  We enjoyed a fantastic workshop about Crime and Punishment.  We looked at artefacts and handled swords, spears and shields.  Then we re-enacted a battle with these. ...

Making Volcanoes in Year 4

Year 4 have been studying Natural Disasters last half term. In geography, we investigated a variety of disasters such as; volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and floods.  In Computing, we used Excel to create graphs and charts about earthquakes. In English, we wrote instructions about How to...

Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Party

Year 3 and Year 4 had fantastic festive fun at our class party. Children enjoyed dancing, pass the parcel , musical statues and corners games, finishing off with some yummy party food! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the LKS2 team! ...

Church Visit

This week Lower Key Stage 2 had a lovely afternoon trip to Dunston Methodist Church where we were warmly welcomed by Minister Brigitta with juice and biscuits. Whilst we were there we completed some fun activities which consolidated our work in the classroom. The children...